Economy is a savings-bank, into which men drop pennies, and get dollars in return.

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Love is said to be blind, but I know some fellows in love who can...

Love is said to be blind, but I know some fellows in love who can...

Words are often seen hunting for an idea, but ideas are never seen hunting for...

Words are often seen hunting for an idea, but ideas are never seen hunting for...

Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense.

Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense.

Advice is like castor oil, easy to give, but dreadful to take.

Advice is like castor oil, easy to give, but dreadful to take.

Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.

Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.

There's a lot of people in this world who spend so much time watching their...

There's a lot of people in this world who spend so much time watching their...

The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him...

The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him...

Most people when they come to you for advice, come to have their own opinions...

Most people when they come to you for advice, come to have their own opinions...

Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius.

Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius.

It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.

It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.

Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal.

Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal.

Life is a grindstone, and whether it grinds a man down or polishes him up...

Life is a grindstone, and whether it grinds a man down or polishes him up...

Love iz like the meazles; we kant have it bad but onst, and the later...

Love iz like the meazles; we kant have it bad but onst, and the later...

When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice...

When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice...

Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.

Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.

Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man...

Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man...

There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing.

There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing.

If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. We could...

If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. We could...

It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his...

It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his...

There is nothing so easy to learn as experience and nothing so hard to apply.

There is nothing so easy to learn as experience and nothing so hard to apply.